Tag: #MeToo
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Live Protest against the NYPhil tomorrow May 20
Just a quick update that Katherine Needleman and Lara St. John are organizing a protest tomorrow at the NY Philharmonic about the orchestra’s treatment of hornist Cara Kizer. The peaceful protest will take place at Lincoln Center, David Geffen Hall, at Noon. The protesters are urging the NYP to release from Kizer from her NDA…
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Alma Mahler and #MeToo (oh, and Happy Birthday, Alma!)
By Liane Curtis To honor Alma Mahler on her birthday (she was born Alma Maria Schindler on 31 August 1879 in Vienna), I thought I would highlight some of her music, but also note the issue that 17 songs are all that survive of her compositional output, and consider why that is. Then I discovered…
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Monday Link Roundup: February 14, 2022
Here’s some news for this week! Gabriella Smith’s vast and remarkable new work “One” was premiered by the Santa Rosa Symphony on Jan. 8. We are happy that it is available via this stream, (but only until until February 16), and we are proud to have supported this work with one of our 2019 Performance…
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Met Opera to stream Kaija Saariaho’s Opera, L’amour de loin on May 6-7
We are happy to report that the Met Opera’s ongoing daily streams (offered in response to their cancelling the remainder of their season because of COVID-19) will feature a work by a woman, Kaija Saariaho’s “L’amour de loin,” on Wed. May 6. Watch it on the Met website or through the Met App. More info…